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Es ist spät. Adam Snow, Antiquar, fährt von einem Kundenbesuch nach Hause, nimmt die falsche Abzweigung und findet sich vor einem alten verlassenen Haus wieder. Von Neugier gepackt, steigt er aus, läuft durch den verwilderten Garten, unwiderstehlich angezogen von dem seltsamen Anwesen, als plötzlich eine kleine kalte Hand nach seiner greift. Erst ist er bloß fasziniert, doch die Erinnerung an diese eigenartige Begegnung verfolgt ihn, Panikatta...

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In this, the tenth Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home.

An internationally acclaimed and haunting ghost story. "One of the strongest stories of supernatural horror...the work bursts into life and does not flag until the end."-The Washington Post Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor, has come north from London to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House. The townspeople are reluctant to share any information about Mrs. Drablow but Kipps soon realizes that there i...

Auf einem Hügel irgendwo im Norden Englands steht ein Haus, vom Wind umtost: der Beacon. Hier sind May, Frank, Colin und Berenice aufgewachsen. Das Leben auf dem Hof war hart, aber die Geschwister hatten es immer gut miteinander. So war es doch, oder? Nur zwei von ihnen ziehen in die Fremde, nach London. May kehrt schon nach ihrem ersten Studienjahr zurück und kümmert sich fortan um ihre Eltern und den Hof. Nur auf dem Beacon fühlt sie sich si...

In this, the tenth Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home. On the face of it DC Simon Serrailler has had time to recuperate after the violent incident that cost him his arm, and nearly his life. He is back in harness at Lafferton CID, but is spending his spare time high up in the cathedral roof, making drawings of t...

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Susan Hill has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Honours. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I¿m the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and A Kind Man. She has also published autobiographical works and collect...

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With wry observations, affectionate humour, and the courage to air strong opinions, the much-loved author follows previous reading memoir "Howard's End Is On The Landing" with an insightful look at a series of other reading experiences, taking in Edith Wharton, Alan Bennett, Virginia Woolf and Aelred of Rievaulx.

From the very beginning, Christianity has been the faith of world-changers, rejecters of the status quo, and rebels. So when did it get so safe? Reclaim your roots with Dangerous Prayers, a collection of prayers from people throughout history who took God at His word and changed the world forever through their faith.

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Reissued here for the centenary of the end of the First World War and set for the 2018 GCSE English syllabus, Susan Hill's classic of war literature traces the friendship between a disenfranchised officer returning from medical leave and a fresh-faced, charismatic new recruit as they head into combat.

Few attend Mrs Alice Drablow's funeral, and not one blood relative amongst them. There are undertakers with shovels, of course, a local official who would rather be anywhere else, and one Mr Arthur Kipps, solicitor from London. He is to spend the night in Eel Marsh House, the place where the old recluse died amidst a sinking swamp, a blinding fog and a baleful mystery about which the townsfolk refuse to speak.

Susan Hill has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Honours. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I¿m the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and A Kind Man. She has also published autobiographical works and collectio...

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An eerie collection of ghost stories from the bestselling author of "The Woman In Black". 'Traditional ghost stories of wonderful elegance... Hill builds an atmosphere of creepiness in very few words, the pictures she creates in these stories are unforgettable' Kate Saunders, "The Times

Der große Waldo Pepper" (Robert Redford) tingelt als Kunstflieger durch die USA der 1920er Jahre, wo er sich für waghalsige Manöver mit seinem Konkurrenten Axel Olsson (Bo Svenson) und schließlich auch Mary Beth (Susan Sarandon) zusammentut. Als er infolge einer luftigen Tragödie seine Fluglizenz verliert, ist Waldo gezwungen, unter falschem Namen in Hollywood neu anzufangen. Hier begegnet er dem deutschen Flieger-As Ernst Kessler und lässt al...

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